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Today, we were just arriving at home from lunch with friends, the clouds had finally lifted, a nice muted fall sun peeked through, and a bit of dying life peeked out for a last hurrah…….

I thought of the just-now ripe Granny Smith apples, thinking of a pie, an apple snack cake, an Apple Brown Betty, or any other fall apple treat……..
But THAT tree didn’t stand out in any way.

Then I passed Karen’s newest apple tree, it jumped at me in the sun….NO leaves left. This seems to be the first Christmas Tree of the season, no?

Of course, then, I pass Aaron’s tree…which has never been pruned, sprayed, nothing. It is always the LAST tree in neighborhood to drop, and EVERY year is visited nightly by the deer hoping for a treat….it looks great in fall sun as leaves disappear:

So. I grabbed a camera just now, and took a quick pass through the yard to see if there was anything else still beautiful. Surprise! There was a little bit of summer bloom hanging on even though night temps are now near 40…..like these, the last roses:

The last daisy blooms color was enhanced by the peeking sun, contrasted against wet and dying foliage:

They don’t look ANY better in summer by putting them in a vase inside in the summer. Same for these few Mums, STILL showing off in this sunshine moment:

You CAN NOT get color saturation this dense in the bright sun of summer….

Okay, time to pack up and get ready for Parkdale, where it’s been snowing a bit this afternoon……will we need chains to get up there out of Hood River tomorrow? If we do, it’s gonna be a spectacular look at Mt Hood from there.

So, tired Mac, after a swimming trip, wonders, “IF I fall asleep, will I miss something?”

But, he can’t fight it, somehow this is his cutest pose… it’s his favorite sleeping position

Rodger made some foccaccia artisan bread……. maybe we need some pasta to go with it:

**THIS bread is fabbulous!

I guess I’m a simple man. Fall can be beautiful….if the sun just gets a second or two to show off. It sure is nice to feel almost back in the physical shape I was in last spring when that dancing thing happened…………….. what a summer.